Folding bed.



No.l 703,545. Patented July l, |902. P; CLAY. v

FOLDING BED.

' (Application filed Feb. 6, 1902.)

(No Mogel.)

UNITED STATE-s| PATENT OFFICE.

YPETER CLAY, or sI-IEBoYcAN, WISCONSIN.

FOLDING BED.

sPncIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters. Patent No. 703,545, dated July 1, 1902. Application iiled February 6,' 1902. Serial No. 92,894'. lNo model.)

To cir/ZZ whom, it m/ty concern: v

Be it known that l, PETER CLAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds; and.

I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description thereof.

My invention has especial reference to the construction, arrangement, and operation of the legs connected to the adjustable portion of a folding bed; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a view in side elevation, representing a folding bed in position for use and showing my improved leg adjusted to support the bed in this position. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail views, drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating the said leg in different positions, together with the adjacent parts.

Referring to the drawings, c represents the cabinet within which the bed is folded; b, the base of the bed proper, which forms the front of the cabinet when the bed is folded therein, and c one of the side rails of the bed rigidly secured to the base b.

vention. per or outer end of the bed is a stop d, preferably in the form of an angle-piece, one flange ofvwhich is secured, as by screws e e, to the inner surface of the adjacent side rail c, near the edge thereof, and the other flange is similarly secured, as by screws ff, to the inner surface of the base or front piece l?, near the edge of the latter, the corner of this angle piece or stop d being transversely grooved or cut away for the reception of the part g of my said leg.v This leg is a rod, preferably formed of very stout round wire, comprising an intermediate or bodypart g, an outer part h or leg proper at a right angle to the part g, and an inner part 7J or arm at a right angle to both of the parts g h. Ad-

jacent to the stop d a block 7a is secured to the base l), as by screws 'm fm, this block hav- The bed is supported. Within the cabinet in any of the Well-known Ways, this forming no part of my present in-v Adjacent to each corner of the upv ing a forwardly-projecting shoulder-j for engagement at the proper times with the arm part i, just named.

The operation of my device will be4 readily understood from the foregoing description of its construction', taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the object being to furnish a strong yet simple supporting-leg for the bed when let down, which leg can be readily and quickly folded and pushed back out of the way and entirely out of sight on the concealed inner side of the base or front piece when the bed is folded or closed, avoiding aty the same time any holes in or through either the said front piece or side of the cabinet or the side rails. It Will be observed that the angle-plate stops d while placed near the free edge of the base or front piece b leave sufficient space for the reception of the leg parts 7e when the bed isto be folded, the arm parts t' then lying close against the inner surfaces of the side rails c, as shown in Fig. 5. When the bed is to be let down, the supporting-leg is pulled forward, when the leg part h will drop down outside or beyond the base b and the arm part e' will drop down onto the said base b between the shouldered block 70j and the angle-piece stop d, as shown best in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Then the supporting-legv is pushed inward until the leg part h is against the edge of the base b and the arm parte' ybeneath the shoulderj of the block le, as shown in Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. 2, all these changes of position requiring but an instant of time and the device being as secure and efficient as it is simple.

vHaving thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A leg or support for folding beds, comprising a rod having an intermediate portion, with one end bent at a right angle thereto and the other end bent at a right angle to both the intermediate portion and first-named end, in Acombination with stops'secured to the inner surfaces of the bedfor limiting the movement of said leg or support'in opposite directions.

2. In a folding bed, the combination with the base or front piece and side rail of the IOO inward out of sight, when the bed is to be folded.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Sheboygan, in 15 the county of Sheboygan and State of Wiscousin, iu the presence of two Witnesses.

PETER CLAY.

FRED JoERNs,

Witnesses:

O. 13. JonuNs. 

